Desk-pad support.



G. L. ROCKWELL.

DESK PAD SUPPORT.

'APPLIOATIDH FILED Plum, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12,1911.

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CHARLES L. ROCKWELL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ROCKWELLPRINTING 00., OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DESK-PAD SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. RoonwnLL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, United States of America, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Desk-Pad Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders or supports for pads,such as daily niemoranda or calendars, and its object is to provide asimple and inexpensive device which occupies but little space when incondition for shipment, and which can be arranged to support the padupon a desk or table in a convenient inclined position.

I will describe my invention in the following specification and pointout the novel features thereof in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of a pad supported upon one of my improved holders. Fig. 2 is asectional rear elevation of the same parts, the section being taken onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, a rearelevation and a bottom plan view of the pad and its holder with theparts of the latter in the relative positions in which they are to beshipped. In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown in detail a bracket strip in planview and in end view, respectively.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of thefigures.

10 designates a round wire of spring steel or other desired materialwhich is bent into the peculiar shape shown in the drawings and which Iwill now particularly point out. The central portion of this Wire isbent over into an arch-like form 11. At 12 the ends of this arch-likeportion are bent back at right-angles.

13, 13 are straight shanks which are adapted to support the under sideof the ad. p At a desired distance from the bends 12 the ends of thewire are bent upward at right-angles as at 14 to form projecting pins orpegs 15 which are therefore parallel with the arch 11.

20 is a bracket strip which is constructed of a piece of sheet metalwith its ends bent up at right-angles to form ears 21. The distancebetween these cars is preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 606,520.

the same as that of the width of the pad. Two holes 22 are drilledthrough this strip at fixed distances apart and of suitable size topermit the wire 10 to pass through them.

The pad is designated by 30. This is made up of a plurality of sheets orleaves each of which, if desired, may represent one of the days of ayear. Upon each of these sheets may be printed a date or advertisingmatter, or any other desired words or characters. The pad may, ofcourse, be made up of blank sheets if this is preferred. Near one end ofthe pad are punched holes 31 similar in size and position to the holes22 in the bracket strip. These holes need not pass through the pad butmust be of suflicient depth to accommodate the pegs 15 which, as will bepresently described, will be inserted in them.

\Vhen the wire 10 is bent as before pointed out the shanks 13 may takesome such relative positions as those in which they are shown in dottedlines at 13 in Fig. 4:. By bending the ends together the pegs 15 may bethrust through the holes 22 in the strip 20. The pegs 15 will then pointtoward each other slightly. They may, however, be bent apart intoparallelism and then forced into the holes 31 in the pad. Their tendencyto spring apart will cause them to firmly grip and hold the pad and atthe same time the bracket will also be rigidly held in position betweenthe wire frame and the pad. WVhen the parts have been thus assembled thecars 21 of the bracket strip will overlap the sides of the pad and thearch-like portion 11 of the wire frame will extend up over one end ofthe pad. The whole device thus occupies but little more space than thattaken by the pad itself, and in this condition, which is illustrated inFigs. 3 and 4, it may easily be mailed or shipped, or a plurality ofthem may be conveniently packed together.

\Vhen it is desired to use the device the ends of the supporting bracketor strip, which project at either side of the wire 10, may be bent downby the fingers into the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when thesebent down portions will form legs for raising this end of the pad abovethe desk, and the ears 21 will form feet for these legs. The pad willthus be supported at an angle to the surface of the desk so that theprinted matter on the sheets thereof will be more easily seen and theupper surface of the pad will be so inclined that writing upon it willbe facilitated.

What I claim is- The combination of a pad constructed with holes thereinnear one of its ends, a support for said pad comprising a bent wireframe having an arch-like portion adapted to lie over that end of thepad which is opposite the holes, shanks underthe lower surface of thepad, and upwardly extending pegs projecting into the pad; and a sheetmetal bracket having ears overlapping the sides of the pad and providedwith holes intermediate said ears and registering with the holes in thepad, these portions of the bracket between the holes and the ears beingso arranged that they may be bent down to form legs for the support.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. ROCIUVELL.

Witnesses ERNEST MARSHALL, ELLA TUOH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

